Prince George’s County Council May Halt Additional Taxi Licenses
Council may limit permits and is likely to pass a $2.7 billion budget.
A resolution that would limit the number of taxicab permits to drivers in Prince George’s County is headed for a vote by the county council. A public hearing on the resolution is scheduled June 21. The proposed resolution would effectively repeal a 2010 law that allowed the county to add 400 permits for cabs and sell 75 more permits each year until 2016 for $200 each. Councilman Will Campos (D-Dist. 2) of Hyattsville introduced legislation that would limit cab permits to 1,039 and scrap the plans for the 75 additional permits. Drivers from the Prince George’s County Taxi Workers Alliance are protesting the legislation, contending the new limits would allow only a handful of taxi companies to operate in the county, shutting out small and…
Yoya
7:56 pm on Friday, May 27, 2011
Council member Campos claims the 2010 legislation has resulted in too many cabs but too many cabs for whom? Certainly not for riders who can only benefit from more cabs. Certainly not for cabdrivers, most of whom are willing and able to compete with each other and cab companies to attract customers. If not the two most important parties to the taxicab industry, then too many cabs for who? Cab … more ›